RHS Show Cardiff

Ticket are available for the Royal Horticultural Show Cardiff.

The RHS Show Cardiff (April 16-18) returns to the parklands of Cardiff Castle to mark the beginning of spring 2010 with the first show of the Royal Horticultural Society season.

This will be the sixth year of the annual Cardiff show, and in 2010 it will be bigger than ever, with even more blooms, garden designs, inspiration and entertainment at the very start of the gardening season.

Following five successful years, the RHS returns to work with Cardiff Council on a show that features:

• two floral marquees brimming with award winning nurseries and their magnificent displays
• show gardens created by Welsh designers, societies and colleges
• a wheelbarrow planting display involving local schools supported by L & G
• an 'Interactive Allotment' reflecting the boom in demand for places to grow our own
• the opportunity to quiz the friendly RHS advisory team about issues such as climate change and its effect on our gardens
• a variety of talks and demonstrations by national and local experts
• countless plants and gardening accessories for sale
• schools floral wheelbarrow competition

• nature trails

• street entertainers and live music

• craft village

• Welsh produce from the Café Quarter

For information and tickets (£8 in advance, £10 on the day, children free) for the RHS Cardiff Show Cardiff visit www.rhs.org.uk/cardiff or call 0844 338 7528

Vale Photography will be busy at the show with their own photojournistic challenge on the opening day, so why not come along and join in the fun.